So What Wednesdays

I'm loving particpating in SO WHAT Wednesday's with Mrs. Dew from Life After I "Dew"... I think its a fun way to get to know one another a little bit better!

So what if.....

• I have all of my Christmas cards signed and addressed and its only November 17th
• I make Justin sign his own name in all cards that we give - holiday, birthday, thinking of you card... because I think it means that much more when every respective person signs their own name
• that I still have my Halloween decorations up... until I can find a perfect place for my Christmas tree - I refuse to start decorating.. normally my tree is up on Halloween! this has not been easy
• I signed up to make a non-pumpkin pie dessert for Justin's family's Thanksgiving.... eek! i've never made a pie before... any creative suggestions on what i should make?!!?
• I threw a little bit of a temper tantrum last night when I realized I didn't record the biggest loser [even thought i'm struggling a bit to connect with anyone this season... its purely the principle]
• we recently changed cable providers and i'm still struggling with remembering ALL of my shows that I had set on the dvr - i knew i should have made a list before we switched over!
• if I wore a new sweater today to work - while sitting in a meeting i was mentioning how its strange that 2 identical sweaters can fit completely different because the one that I'm currently wearing is a little bit more snug than the other... and thats when i looked down and realized that i had it on backwards! and then at the end of the meeting the director i was in the meeting with helped me out and pulled off the M [the size sticker] that was on my back... oh the life i live!
  

Head on over to her blog and link up!

Happy Hump Day!

Happy Halloween - We're DTP

I hope you had a wonderful Halloween weekend!

Yesterday was spent all day preparing for our costumes for last night's party

Justin got his hair cut
the fade was definitely a necessity
I went and bought the darkest/tackiest bronzer and self tanner possible
bought Justin stronger wax to make his hair look that much better
had a sharpie tattoo session
yes - i'm fully aware that I'm no Kat Von D
we poofed my hair - applied WAY too much make-up - wore scandalous outfits [well scandalous for me!] - rocked out some HUGE hoops
to create....
Pauly D and Snooks
We were DTP - Down to Party
My hair was so tall I could not even sit up straight it Justin's car on the way to the party
we beat the beat up
[so much that my arms hurt this morning when i woke up - pathetic! i know!]
so what if we rolled 2 deep in as snooks to the party...
the hostess with the mostess - and her little M&M Marshall
Laura and Yoda
Pauly and I again
[with pickles of course!]
Myself, Lindsey and Jess
love these girls!
the reminiscence of Pauly D, and 2 snooki's at the end of the night!


Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween - I know that we sure did!!!!

UPDATE
Justin just sent this picture to me - I'm pretty sure that these kids had a MUCH better halloween costume than we did!!!
How funny is this?! but how inappropriate at the same time!

babies, babies and more babies!

I have to admit - I have some friends with some pretty cute kids [maybe i'm a little biased?!?!] but the past few weeks have been nothing but being with our friends and their kids/babies!

Last week we went to visit Jen and Jason, Jen was 35 weeks pregnant with twins - doesn't she look awesome?
They were born last night - Riley and Corbin
how cute is it that they are holding hands
can't wait to meet them
On Thursday night was Trick or Treat in my home town and we spent time with my cousin and their baby addison
as a little "cold" kitty
and then Melissa came back out with this adorable north face romper for her - isn't she adorable?
and then today we went to Truitt's 2nd birthday
Lauren had their house decorated so cute!

all the babies [and olivia and i - if you put a baby to sleep your allowed to stay on the couch!]

and how cute is the birthday boy

I love all of my friends babies!! we are so fortunate to have them so close to us!

Justin and I are off to a Halloween Party!

were DTP...[down to party] pictures to follow!!!

Top 2 Tuesday - Halloween Crafts/Decor/Party Ideas AND a New Blog Design

Top 2 Tuesday

Halloween or Fall crafts/decor/party ideas

I have done a few DIY projects this year for Halloween
[for some reason I was totally into doing a few DIY projects this year]

1. Polka Dot Pumpkins
I used a carvable pumpkin so I only had to do this project once -rather than once a year
To carve the pumpkins - just use an apple corer [careful because if you push to hard you will have a MUCH larger hole than just the corer - let me tell you I can speak from experience!]
i put marks on the pumpkin to where i needed to punch holes
and i cut a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin and inserted a battery operated tea light

2. Young Trick-Or-Treaters Treat
i used a drill and made holes and then inserted into all of suckers
i once again used a carvable pumpkin so I can re-use this next year

OTHER DIYS
a boa wreath - an inspiration from a target wreath
EEK picture frames
candy corn cupcakes

now head on over to Taylor's blog to check out other bloggers Halloween Crafts/Decor/Party Ideas

ALSO
i'm sure that you have noticed - i got a blog make-over
Lauren at Blue Lux re-did my blog and she did an AMAZING job
She was amazing to work with, fast, approachable, quick to get back to you, open to any suggestions that you might have, affordable AND she is beyond talented!
I would HIGHLY recommend working with Lauren - she is wonderful :)
Thank you again Lauren!!!

Also, another reminder - tomorrow is your last day to sign up for the $35 CSN Giveaway

Weekend Recap

This weekend was very LOW key! which i loved! we did a whole lot of nothing

we cheered on the buckeyes to a victory over the illini

we watched the us in the ryder cup

via

and today we went to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins
i absolutely loved it! i had been asking justin to go with me to the pumpkin patch for the past 4 years .. so i was so excited when he finally agreed to go!
I'm so thankful that we chose to go to the Pumpkin Patch on Sunday because 1/2 of their proceeds that day went to the NICU at Children's Hospital. I loved knowing that the pumpkins that we were picking were going to help out a little one in need!

After the pumpkin patch we went to Roosters and cheered on the Browns to their first victory of the year!

I love watching my favorite teams play and come out with a victory - now we just need to cheer on the US to a victory tomorrow over Europe in the last day of the Ryder cup!

I hope you had a great weekend as well!

Welcome.....

October
Fall
cooler weather
Halloween Decorations

I've never really been a big Halloween person but this year I decided to decorate my house a little bit more than normal

The front door
DIY wreath tutorial

The 1/2 bath on the first floor
EEK tutorial

The truth is I absolutely HATE candy corn - but I love the way it looks for decoration purposes - i love how it adds color places during the fall months

The mantle
i will have a silver pumpkin DIY next week

TV stand
don't blink - you'll miss the two little pumpkins on the bottom next to the picture frames

The hutch
if you have any suggestions outside of the few halloween decorations on this piece please let me know!

This weekend J and I are going to a pumpkin patch! [i have been asking to do this for the past 4 years - so to say that i'm excited is a bit of an understatement] I hope to get a few things to decorate around the house. Other than that we do not have any plans.. and I'm so excited to relax, sleep in, and watch some football!

I hope ya'll have a great weekend!